An autoradiographic analysis of [125I]α-bungarotoxin binding in rat brain after chronic nicotine exposure

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Rasmussen, Bruce A ^a   Perry, David C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

7 Nicotinic receptor; Autoradiography; Nicotine; Rat; Up regulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN I 125; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; BUNGAROTOXIN; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BUNGAROTOXINS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 33745921243     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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